Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling

German botanist

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1798

Place of Birth: Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1875

Profession: botanist, explorer

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (December 9, 1798 – November 20, 1875) was a German botanist who was a native of Hanover. He studied natural sciences at the University of Göttingen, and in 1818 took a botanical journey through Hungary and Croatia.
In 1822 he became a lecturer at Göttingen, where he later became a professor.
In 1837 he was appointed director of its botanical garden.The plant genus Bartlingia from the family Rubiaceae is named in his honor.